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44
Citations
8074
World Ranking
384
National Ranking
216

Overview

Margit Tavits is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the social sciences, with a particular focus on subfields including sociology and political science, political science and international relations, gender studies, history, and communication.

Their work addresses a range of main topics such as electoral systems and political participation, gender politics and representation, European history and politics, Italian fascism and post-war society, social and intergroup psychology, German history and society, and social media and politics.

Margit Tavits has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, among them Jonathan Homola, Miguel M. Pereira, Efrén O. Pérez, Dino Hadzic, and William O'Brochta.

Their recent publications include:

  • Legacies of the Third Reich: Concentration Camps and Out-group Intolerance (2020) in American Political Science Review
  • Does party rhetoric affect voter perceptions of party positions? (2020) in Electoral Studies
  • Wartime Violence and Post-War Women's Representation (2020) in British Journal of Political Science
  • Do referendum results change norm perceptions and personal opinions? (2021) in Electoral Studies
  • Valence Attacks Harm the Electoral Performance of the Left but Not the Right (2020) in The Journal of Politics

Margit Tavits has contributed to several publication venues extensively, with notable numbers in:

  • Harvard Dataverse (49 publications)
  • American Political Science Review (3 publications)
  • British Journal of Political Science (3 publications)
  • Political Science Research and Methods (3 publications)
  • Electoral Studies (2 publications)

Their book publications are associated mainly with Princeton University Press and Cambridge University Press. Titles published by Princeton University Press include multiple editions of Voicing Politics (2022). Cambridge University Press published Counter-Stereotypes and Attitudes Toward Gender and LGBTQ Equality (2024).

Best Publications

  • The Development of Stable Party Support: Electoral Dynamics in Post‐Communist Europe

    Margit Tavits

  • Clarity of Responsibility and Corruption

    Margit Tavits

  • Party Systems in the Making: The Emergence and Success of New Parties in New Democracies

    Margit Tavits

  • When Left Is Right: Party Ideology and Policy in Post-Communist Europe

    Margit Tavits;Natalia Letki

  • Post-Communist Democracies and Party Organization

    Margit Tavits

  • Party System Change: Testing a Model of New Party Entry

    Margit Tavits

  • On the linkage between electoral volatility and party system instability in Central and Eastern Europe

    Margit Tavits

  • Principle vs. Pragmatism: Policy Shifts and Political Competition

    Margit Tavits

  • Informal Influences in Selecting Female Political Candidates

    Christine Cheng;Margit Tavits

  • The Making of Mavericks: Local Loyalties and Party Defection

    Margit Tavits

  • Effect of Local Ties On Electoral Success and Parliamentary Behaviour: The Case of Estonia

    Margit Tavits

  • Presidents with Prime Ministers: Do Direct Elections Matter?

    Margit Tavits

  • Representation, Corruption, and Subjective Well-Being:

    Margit Tavits

  • Beliefs and Voting Decisions: A Test of the Pivotal Voter Model

    John Duffy;Margit Tavits

  • Making Democracy Work More? Exploring the Linkage between Social Capital and Government Performance

    Margit Tavits

  • Learning to make votes count: The role of democratic experience

    Margit Tavits;Taavi Annus

  • Organizing for Success: Party Organizational Strength and Electoral Performance in Postcommunist Europe

    Margit Tavits

  • The Effect of Inequality and Social Identity on Party Strategies

    Margit Tavits;Joshua D. Potter

  • Clarity of Responsibility, Accountability, and Corruption

    Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer;Margit Tavits

  • The Role of Parties' Past Behavior in Coalition Formation

    Margit Tavits

  • Why Do People Engage in Corruption? The Case of Estonia

    Margit Tavits

Frequent Co-Authors

John Duffy
John Duffy University of California, Irvine
Lawrence Ezrow
Lawrence Ezrow University of Essex
Norman Schofield
Norman Schofield Washington University in St. Louis

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